engordar
Este año, cuando llegó la primavera, solo había engordado 30 kilos. | This year, when the first grass showed, I'd only put on 60 pounds. |
Y yo que pensaba que había engordado. | Here I thought I put on weight. |
Manifestaba al comienzo de aquella carta cuánto había engordado mi vanidad al saber que era uno de los dos únicos corresponsales con los que había decidido Mónica intercambiar noticias. | At the beginning of the letter I made it plain how much my vanity had swollen at the knowledge that I was one of the only two correspondents Mónica had chosen to exchange news with. |
Con su acostumbrada falta de tacto, comentó que parecía que había engordado. | With his usual lack of tact, he commented that she seemed to have put on weight. |
Tony había engordado cuando tenía cuarenta y pocos y ahora le costaba controlar su peso. | Tony had fleshed out in his early forties and was now struggling to control his weight. |
Noté que había engordado porque me salían rollitos cuando me puse el pantalón. | I noticed I had gained weight because of the rolls I got when I put my pants on. |
Cuando Jim volvió a ver a Meg, habían pasado veinte años; le había engordado la cintura y ya peinaba canas, pero aún tenía una sonrisa encantadora. | When Jim next saw Meg, it was twenty years later and her waist had thickened and her hair turned gray but she still had a lovely smile. |
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